Vadim Gusev is the owner of Slavonic Corps Ltd, a private military company based in Hong Kong.[1] He once worked for RusCorps.[2] The FSB interrogated and ultimately charged Gusev with a violation of Article 359 of the Russian Criminal Code,[2] over his role in Syrian civil war.[3][4]
Gusev was ultimately jailed in October 2014. He faced up to eight years imprisonment but received a three-year sentence. Regular squad members were reportedly unpaid and faced no prosecution in Russia.[5]
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- ^ Weiss, Michael (21 November 2013). "The Case of the Keystone Cossacks". Foreign Policy.
- ^ a b Rondeaux, Candace (7 November 2019). "Forward Operations: From Deir Ezzor to Donbas and Back Again". Decoding the Wagner Group: Analyzing the Role of Private Military Security Contractors in Russian Proxy Warfare. New America.
- ^ "The Last Battle of the "Slavonic Corps"". The Interpreter. 13 November 2013.
- ^ "Slavonic Corps (Syria)". Pro-Government Militias Guidebook. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- ^ Eremenko, Alexey (28 October 2014). "2 Jailed in Russia's First-Ever Mercenary Conviction". The Moscow Times.